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W ta K t Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday. April 1, 1992 - FIVE Two students receive awards St. Patrick’s Senior Center Bulletin Board Health Care Council makes recommendations to board The Senior Focus group met Tuesday, March 24. Kevin Erich, the new Pioneer Memorial Hospital administrator was present to answer questions from the group. Pam Sagely, Community En- courager was also there to chart the health care priorities of the group. She was assisted by chairpersons Grace Drake and Stan Hoobing. There were 139 present for the senior dinner March 25 with four meals taken out. Members of the Episcopal Church served. The meal ticket was won by Ada Werner. Shirley Haugan won the door prize, Ida Lynn received the birthday gift, and Jean Hughs took home the guest prize. Following the dinner the AAA met, with representatives from Grant, Wheeler, Gilliam, Morrow and Umatilla counties present. The menu for dinner April 8 is chicken-rice casserole, green beans, apple raisin salad. Whole wheat rolls and pudding. Members of the Christian Church will serve. The Heppner Intergenerational Theater Group held a party in the dining room at the Center Sunday afternoon, March 29. Extension Service newsletters were folded by Senior Center of fice staff and tenants of the apartments Monday morning, March 30. Dates to remember; Mondays-quilting, 1-4 p.m.; Knitting 7-9 p.m.; Tuesdays and Thursdays, 10-10:30 a.m.-Exercise; Friday Bible study 10:30 a.m.; Saturdays bus to Hermiston for dance 6:30 p.m. if enough seniors wish to go. Exchange student speaks at Topic Club Juho Ali-Raatikainen, a native of Vantaa, Finland, was the guest speaker at the lone Topic Club on March 25. Juho has been staying with Loren and Della Heideman while attending lone High School. He came through the ASSE, an in ternational student exchange pro gram. Each student is responsi ble for the cost of his trip. Kathy Halvorsen is the area representative. Juho said that Finland is a land of many islands and lakes. It has been an independent nation since 1917 and is highly developed with its own TV, videos and radio stations. In the winter there is ski ing, ski jumps, downhill and cross country activities. In the summer everyone spends most of their leisure time outdoors sailing and fishing on the lakes. Finland’s school system requires nine years of primary education with an examination after that to determine whether a student should prepare for university or go to a vocational school. Jean Nelson and Christy Crowell were hostesses at the lone United Church for club members and guests from the Bookworms of Heppner. Those attending from Heppner were Marian Brosnan, Helen Currin, Bethel Heinrichs, Marge Gard ner, Kathryn Hoskins, Florence Green, Sylvia McDaniel and Mary Goheen. At the business meeting plans were firmed up for the bake sale at the lone City Hall April 17 as a benefit for the lone Public Library. Plans were also made to prepare and serve for the recep tion and family dinner for Roy and Katherine Lindstrom’s 50th wedding anniversary on April 4. A large sum was received as a memorial for Frances Carlson who was a longtime member of the group. This memorial fund is being placed in a special account at the lone branch of the Bank of Eastgem Oregon and will be us ed for the benefit of the city library. Birdine Tullis was welcomed as a new member. Birdine is a former member who now has the time for more community ac tivities since she retired from the M orrow County Extension Service. Engagements ir — Me Connor [cConnell Mary Elizabeth Connor and Richard Allen McConnell, both of Heppner announce their engagement. Mary is the daugher of Nelson and Lois Connor of Heppner. She is a 1990 graduate of Heppner High School and is employed as a security guard for ABM. Richard is the son of Vivian and Charles McConnell of Heppner. He is a 1983 graduate of Elgin High School and is employed at * Kinzua. A May 23 wedding date has been set at the First Christian Church in Heppner with a reception to follow at the Catholic Church parish hall. Local students make OSU honor roll Steven Amtt, a senior in liberal arts and Mark Fishburn a senior in engineering both received a 3.5 or better during the winter term at Oregon State University. OSU recently announced the scholastic honor roll for the winter term. A total of 307 Basket Treasures! We have everything you need to build a special Easter basket students earned straight-A (4.). Another 1,448 earned a B-plus (3.5) or better to make the listing. To be on the honor roll students must carry at least 12 graded hours of course work. Both Amtt and Fishburn are from Heppner. Come in and sign up to win our BIG EASTER BUNNY AND BASKET -no purchase necessary -one entry per visit, please -Drawing Thurs., April 16 In a hurry? C?n / «v»v C Of *4 w 0 ^ * 1 We have many pre made special Easter Baskets full of goodies! Want to design you own? You pick the items and we can make the basket for you! ' 4 ft M muj ’ j tkuj 217 N. Main 676-9158 HHS Counselor Morse Smith (r) presents awards to Laurel Webber-Gray and Kim Johnston. Kim Johnston and Laurel Webber-Gray received awards recently at Heppner High School. Johnston, a senior, has been selected by Heppner High School math and science faculty members to attend the 1992 “ Women in Science, Math and Technology” lecture and ban quet. The workshop will be April 10 and 11 at the Benson Hotel in Portland. This program is spon sored by the Umatilla Saturday Academy and the Oregon Graduate Institute of Science and Technology. The featured speaker will be NASA astronaut Major Susan Helms, USAF, who is schedul ed for a space shuttle flight in late 1992. Major Helms has degrees in aeronautical engineering and aeronautics/astronautics. Webber-Gray, a junior, receiv ed the Xerox Award in Humanities/Social Sciences spon sored by Xerox Corporation. Xerox Award winners are selected on the basis of scholar ship in the humanities and social sciences. This award is designed to recognize and reward the academic achievem ents of outstanding students and to em phasize the importance of a broad educational background in preparing students for future careers. Breidenbach places at bowling tourney in Reno Heppner Bowler John Breiden bach earned 33rd place and $900 at the Miller High Life national bowling tournament held in Reno March 21-22. Breidenbach, who has been bowling for three years said that “ lots of practice” earned his way to the men’s championships. Breidenbach said that he bowled an average of 172 in 12 games at Reno. To advance to iFie hafibnal finals, Breidenbach won the state tournament at Heppner. In the state finals he bowled an average of 179 in six games and won $200 and an all-expense paid trip to Reno for the nationals. Breidenbach’s partner at Reno was Annette DeClue from Astoria. She finished 18th in the women's division. In the team Council members voted to pass three recommendations to the Morrow County Medical Board at the meeting of the Morrow County Health Care Council held March 19 in Irrigon. The first recommendation was the hiring of a facilitator for the H ispanic com m unity. The facilitator’s primary function should be to assist the Hispanic community in accessing health care services. The second recom mendation concerned the forma tion of a health distict(s). It was recommended that based on the performance of the Morrow County Medical Board and the County Court, and uncertainties associated with Measure 5, that no district(s) be formed at this time. The final recommendation concerned Rural Health Clinic certification and recruitment of mid-level providers. RHC status is currently being pursued for both clinics in Morrow County. The council is recommending a community-based recruitment assistance committee participa tion in the Area Health Education Center’s (AHEC) program for nurse practicioners, and com munity scholarships and loan repayments for local persons wishing to pursue or advance careers in the health field. The committee felt that these should enhance the possibilities for suc cessful recruitment and retention of health care providers. Dr. Jeanne Berretta and Kevin Erich, PMH Administrator, were on hand to discuss new directions for providing services at Pioneer Memorial Hospital and Nursing Home. For the nursing home, upgrading the certification from intermediate to skilled would allow for greater retention of residents and medicare certifica tion. As the demand for higher levels of care in nursing homes continue, this is an important step. Participation in the Medicare swing-bed program would permit the number of beds available in the hospital and nur sing home to fluctuate between the two as needed. As the council begins to make assessments from the communi ty regarding the level of services to be provided at the hospital, both Dr. Jeanne Berretta and Kevin Erich stated the importance of retaining hospital licensure. Dr. Berretta stated that once a hospital’s license is lost, it is ex tremely difficult to regain this status. Retaining and attracting doctors to the area would also be very difficult without a local hospital. Erich stated that grant funding is scarce to long-term care facilitaties, yet rural hospitals have many opportunities to obtain grants. A fourth area of concern was the potential loss of reimbursement eligibility through Medicare and Medicaid under some other structure for pro viding essential health care services. Reasons in favor of consider ing some alternatives include the possibility of having some of the ER coverage provided by a physi cian’s assistant or nurse practi tioner, with a physician available within a specified amount of time. This would provide much need ed relief for our present physi cians. Community input on the acceptability of this option would need to be determined. Another reason for examining new possibilities for the delivery of health services is that grant fun ding is available to rural hospitals in transition. This funding allows facilities to develop the services that will permit them to remain strong and to continue offering the services required by the com munities they serve. With approxim ately two months remaining in the com munity decision making project the council will begin research on two final issues. The first will ad dress physician retention and recruitment concerns. Second, the council will work to deter mine the scope of services deem ed essential for Morrow County health care system. The next council meeting will be April 16 in Heppner at 7 p.m. at Columbia Basin. The public is invited to attend. For more infor m ation call Pam Sagely 676-9122. John Breidenbach event Breidenbach and DeClue finished 26th. Depression may need medical attention People who are seriously depressed need medical help, says Carol Bennett. Oregon State University Extension agent in Morrow County. They can’t “just snap out of it” or “just stop being depressed if they really wanted to .” Feelings of hopelessness and low energy, which are symptoms of depression, often keep people from seeking help. The first im portant step is to rule out a treatable medical problem and medication side effects as causes of the depression. Begin by en couraging or assisting the person to get a medical evaluation. A good friend may be able to get the person to seek medical evaluation when a family member cannot. You may ses signs of depres sion, yet the person firmly denies it, becomes angry or resists help. There are no easy answers for dealing with a resistant person; however, it may be easier if you talk about specific physical changes you have noticed, such as weight loss or gain, fatigue or sleep problems. The physical spects of depres sion are often more acceptable than the mental aspects. If the person acknowledges being depressed, try explaining that depression is a medical condition, often caused by an illness, medications, or biochemical changes in the body, and that it is treatable. It’s particulary important to communicate caring. Don’t make the person feel that he or she is to blame for being ill. Avoid moralizing and giving pep talks. Telling depressed people to “ cheer up,” or “ pull yourself together," or similar comments will only make them feel worse. Pep talks tell people their feelings are wrong or not important. While severe depression re quires medical attention, mild forms may not require profes sional treatment. Vicki Schmall, OSU Extension gerontology specialist, suggests actions you can take that can often help lift mild depression: Structure activity. Mild depres sion ends to respond to structure and physical activity. Exercises involving large muscle movements are particulary helpful. Exercise produces K ara Jean The Feed Store Queen s Mow Love Old Shep chemical and psychological changes that can enhance a per son’s mood and give a feeling of accomplishment. Reminisce about positive past experiences This can increase a sense of accomplishment and self- worth. Ask direct questions about the past. Old photos, scrapbooks, and other objects from the past can help stimulate discussion. Avoid reinforcing negative thought patterns. Ask the person for evidence for and against negative thoughts. Often the per son will be surprised that there is little basis in reality for the negative self-evaluation. Provide socializing ex periences. Friends can be good medicine, especially those will ing to listen to the person’s feel ings and who are upbeat and positive. Find an activity or task the per son can do well. Depressed peo ple tend to feel like failures. It’s important for them to experience success. Try to find activities that reinforce pleasant events and build a sense of self-worth and adequacy. Setting small, at tainable goals with immediate results can help people feel a measure of success. Give the person control. En courage as much control and decision-making as the person GARAGE SALE can handle, but don’t overwhelm them with decisions. Taking away control unnecessarily needs to reinforce a depressed person’s feelings of inadequacy. Remember, you may need to accept that no matter how much you might want to, you cannot undo the changes in the older per son’s life that contribute to the person’s depression. You need to be realistic about what you can do. The causes of depression are complex and professional help may be needed. It you are interested in more in formation about depression in later life, contact the Morrow County Extension office, 676-9642 and ask for the publica tion “ Depression in Later Life,” PNW 347. Market Report Compliments of the Morrow County Grain Growers Tuesday, March 31, 1992 Soft White March *4.44 April *4.45 May *4 45/*4.4l July *3.85/*3.87 Aug *3.85 Sept. *3.86/*3.88 Bariev March *115 April M15/M11 May *111 - BOARDMAN Sat. only April 4, 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. Craftsman 10 inch table saw, antique hall bench (needs refinishing), ping pong table, four chairs and table, tires and wheels, set of 4, for S10 or S I 5. DP gympac 1500 fitness system, guitar, F6-160 games, dishes, beautiful peach Christmas decorations and manv miscellaneous items. South on Main St. to Kunze Road, turn left, go V4 mile in Boardman.
